Skirted stove-base.



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n.11; BAILEY. 'SKIBTED STUVE BASE.

(Application led Sept. 24, 1902.)

(N0 Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. BAILEY, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO FULLER & WARREN COMPANY, OF TROY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SKIRTED sTovE-BA'SE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 717,318, dated December 30, 1902.

Application filed September 24, 1902. Serial No. 124,617. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES H. BAILEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Troy,

county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirted Stove-Bases, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements; and it consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar characters refer tosimilar parts in the several figures.

Figure l of the drawings is a view in perspective showing my invention applied to the base of a cooking-stove. cross-section taken through the middle of the side of the stove-base and skirting plate shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective showing one of the open bearings for a skirting-plate trunnion. Fig. 4is an end view of the skirting-plate detached. Fig. 5 is a front view of an end portion of the skirtingplate, showing the trunnion thereon.

The prevailing style for cooking-stoves requires that the base be provided with a deep skirt extending to within a short distance of the door, leaving between the bottom edge of the skirt and the iioor a space too small to permit free access to the space beneath the stove for cleaning the same.

The object of-my invention is to permit access to the space beneath a stove provided with a skirt of any desired depth.

In carrying out my invention I provide the skirted base with one side of less depth than the skirt and apply thereto a hinged skirtingplate adapted to swing toward and from said side and to cover and extend below the same, said skirting'- plate corresponding in depth and ornamentation with the skirt on the other sides of the base.

Referring to the drawings, l is the stovebase, comprising the legs 2, skirt 3, and a side plate 4 of less depth than the skirt. At the manner.

Fig. 2 is a vertical junction of each end of the base side plate 4 with the adjacent leg' an open bearing 5 is formed, adapted to receive a trnnnion 12 on one end of the skirting-plate 6, corresponding in depth and ornamentation with the skirt 3 on the other sides of the base.

The base is adapted to support the stovebody 7, superposed thereupon in the usual are inserted in` the respective bearings 5 at the opposite ends of the side 4 before the stove-body is applied to the base, the stovebody being adapted to overhang portions of the skirting-plate, as shown in Fig. 2, Whereby the skirting-plate is retained in its bearings 5. The skirting-plate may be hinged to the base in any known manner. The skirting-plate is adapted to be swung from the position shown by solid lines in Fig. 2 to that indicated by dotted lines therein, the platev in the latter position being sufficiently elevated to permit free access to the space beneath the stove through the space between the bottom edge of the side 4 and the iioor, as shown in Fig. l.

The skirting-plate may be supported in an elevated position in any known manner. have shown the skirtingplate provided with a brace 8, pivoted at its outer end to the outer portion of the plateat 9, said brace beingprovided on its inner end with a tooth l0, adapted to engage and be supported by the side plate 4, to sustain the skirting-plate in a raised position, as shown in Fig. l and indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The side plate 4 is preferably provided with an aperture l1, through which the brace 8 is adapted to play freely to permit the swingving movement of the skirting-plate, and the tooth l0 on said brace is adapted to engage the bottom wall of this aperture to support the skirting-plate in a raised position. The

arrangement of the aperture 1l relatively to the centers of movement of the brace and skirting-plate is such that when the skirtingplate is lowered to the position shown by solid lines in Fig. 2 the engagement of the brace with the wall of the aperture will cause the brace to be supported in an upturned The trunnions of the skirting-plate position in the space beneath the stove, with its inner end in close proximity to the bottom 13 of the stove-body, in which position it is concealed from view. The skirting-plate is raised by merely swinging its outer end upwardly unt-il the tooth l on the brace passes out through the aperture 1l., the supporting engagement of said tooth With the bottom Wall of the aperture being automatically accomplished. To lower the skirting-plate, it is only necessary to push the inner end of the brace upwardly to disengage the tooth from the aperture-Wall. The movements of the skirting-plate can be accomplished by use of the hand or foot or by the use of a poker or other implement.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a stove,the combination with a skirted base havinga side of less depth than the skirt; of a skirting-plate hinged to said base to swing toward and from said side and adapted to cover and extend below the same, substantially as described.

2. In astove,the combination with askirted base having a side of less depth than the skirt; of a skirting-plate hinged to said base along the upper edge of said side and adapted to cover and extend below the same; and means for temporarily supporting said plate in an elevated position, substantially as described.

3. In a stove,the combination Witha skirted base having an apertured side of less depth than the skirt; of a skirting-plate hinged to said base along the upper edge of said side and adapted to cover and extend below said apertured side; and a brace pivoted at its outer end to the outer portion of the hinged skirting-plate, and adapted to play freely through the aperture in said side and by engagement with the Wall thereof be supported With its inner end elevated when the skirting-plate is lowered, substantially as described.

4. In a stove, the combination With a base provided at the upper edge of oneof its sides with open bearings; of a skirting-plate having trunnions seated in said bearings; a stovebody superposed upon said base overhanging portions of said skirting-plate to retain the plate-trunnions in the open bearings; and means for temporarily supporting said plate When raised, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of September, 1902.

' CHARLES H. BAILEY. Witnesses:

WM. HENRY WARREN, l R. S. WOOD. 

